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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
Contributor(s): Peck, Richard (Author)

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ISBN: 0803722907     ISBN-13: 9780803722903
Publisher: Dial Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1998
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Annotation: What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visit to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? In the tradition of American humorists Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor, Richard Peck has created this memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 98010953
Age Level: 10-UP
Grade Level: 5-UP
Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.82" W x 8.5" L (0.60 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Demographic Orientation - Rural
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
- Topical - Family
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2001
Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2001
Children's Books of Distinction Awards, Winner, Fiction, 1999
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award, Nominee, Children's, 2001
Rhode Island Teen Book Award, Nominee, Ages 12 & Up, 2001
Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2001
Newbery Medal, Honor Book, Children's, 1999
National Book Awards, Nominee, Young People's Lit., 1998
Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2001
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2002
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/06/1998 pg. 61
Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 113
School Library Journal 10/01/1998 pg. 144
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/1998 pg. 1290
New York Times 03/14/1999 pg. 30
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1998 pg. 72 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/1999 pg. 1309
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 72 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 27940
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
This Newbery Honor Winner and National Book Award Finalist is an unforgettable modern classic and features the debut of the larger-than-life Grandma Dowdel

What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town?
August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy.
August 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back.
August 1931: Joey and Mary Alice help Grandma trespass, poach, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry
--all in one day.

And there's more, as Joey and Mary Alice make seven summer trips to Grandma's--each one funnier than the year before--in self-contained chapters that readers can enjoy as short stories or take together for a rip-roaringly good novel. In the tradition of American humorists from Mark Twain to Flannery O'Connor, popular author Richard Peck has created a memorable world filled with characters who, like Grandma herself, are larger than life and twice as entertaining.

Newbery Honor Winner
National Book Award Finalist
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
ALA Notable Book
New York Times Best Seller

"A rollicking celebration of an eccentric grandmother and childhood memories."--School Library Journal (starred review)

"A novel that skillfully captures the nuances of small-town life ...] Remarkable and fine."--Kirkus (starred review)

"Fresh, warm and anything but ordinary."--Publishers Weekly

 
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